In an interview with the website "This is Beirut", Yechiel Leiter, Israel's ambassador to the United States and a close associate of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said that disarming Hezbollah and disconnecting Lebanon from Iran could open "a door to peace, economic growth and shared op
At least six Lebanese soldiers were killed in a blast while inspecting a weapons depot in southern Lebanon. The army, working with UN peacekeepers to dismantle Hezbollah infrastructure, reported injuries and launched an investigation, Al Jazeera reported.